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Library of Congress1855

From the valley of the Mud Lakes to the Pacific Ocean

At head of title: Route near the 41st Parallel. Map no. 4. Relief shown by hachures. From U.S. War Department, Explorations and Surveys for a Railroad Route from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean. Topographical Maps ... to Illustrate the Various Reports ... (Washington, 1859) Description derived from published bibliography. Scale 1:760,320. LC Railroad maps, 168 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

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Library of Congress1859

From San Francisco Bay to the northern boundary of California : from explorations and surveys

Relief shown by hachures. At head of title: Routes in Oregon and California. Map no. 1. "Drawn by John Young." From U.S. War Department, Explorations and Surveys for a Railroad Route from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean. Topographical Maps... to Illustrate the Various Reports... (Washington, 1859) Description derived from published bibliography. Scale 1:760,320. LC Railroad maps, 169 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

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Library of Congress1859

From the northern boundary of California to the Columbia River : from explorations and surveys

Relief shown by hachures. At head of title: Routes in Oregon and California. Map no. 2. "Drawn by John Young." From U.S. War Department, Explorations and Surveys for a Railroad Route from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean. Topographical Maps... to Illustrate the Various Reports... (Washington, 1859) Description derived from published bibliography. Scale 1:760,320. LC Railroad maps, 170 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

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Library of Congress1859

From the Red River to the Rio Grande

At head of title: Route near the 32nd Parallel. Map and Profile no. 1. Relief shown by hachures. From U.S. War Department, Explorations and Surveys for a Railroad Route from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean. Topographical Maps... to Illustrate the Various Reports... (Washington, 1859) Description derived from published bibliography. Scale 1:950,400. LC Railroad maps, 171 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

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Library of Congress1831

Map of the routes examined and surveyed for the Winchester and Potomac Rail Road, State of Virginia, under the direction of Capt. J. D. Graham, U.S. Top. Eng., 1831 and 1832; surveyed by Lts. A. D. Mackay and E. French, 1st Arty., assistants in 1831, and Lts. E. French and J. F. Izard, assistants in 1832; drawn from the original plot by Lt. Humphreys, 2d Artillery

Topographic map surveyed in strips along the railroad routes. Shows property owners and covers an area between the Shenandoah and Potomac Rivers to Winchester. Includes table showing "a summary of the routes surveyed for the Winchester and Potomac Rail Road, State of Virginia."

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Library of Congress1855

Explorations and surveys for a rail road route from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean. Route near the 38th & 39th parallels

Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. From U.S. War Department, Explorations and Surveys for a Railroad Route from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean. Topographical Maps ... to Illustrate the Various Reports ... (Washington, 1859) Scale 1:760,320; 12 miles to 1 in. LC Railroad maps, 160 LC Railroad maps, 161 LC Railroad maps, 162 LC Railroad maps, 163 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. AACR2: 100, 650/1; 700/1; 700/2; 700/3; 700/4; 700/5; 710/1

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Library of Congress1910

Image 7 of The Birmingham age-herald (Birmingham, Ala.), May 16, 1910

I NEWSPAPER ENDOWMENT DISCUSSED BY EDITORS New York May 15Is there a place in the United States for an endowed news paper Is there need for such a paper Recent reports that Andrew Carnegie and John D Rockefeller are at least contem plating the provision of funds for the establishment of a national newspaper or newspapers which are to be conducted on i fin absolutely nonpartisan and nonsec tarian basis uninfluenced by any other consideration than the public good has aroused much public interest in this sug gestion With a view of ascertaining the viewn of the newspapermen of the country men who are peculiarly fitted to express an opinion on such a subject which will be worth listening to the Publishers Press has secured the opinion of some of the leading editors of the United States as to the necessity for or possibility of suc cess of a newspaper endowed either by private or public money Some of the fnoet Interesting opinions expressed fol low By Harrison Gray Otis editor and pub lisher of the Los Angeles Times and Mirror j I have your letter of the 1st inst stat ing that the suggestion has been recent ly made

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